A spokesman for Mr Angermayer, who has family offices and other business ventures in Malta, did not respond to a request for comment.
In early 2021, Thiel Capital also became a shareholder of an institution in Malta through a series of byzantine developments. The deal is joined by Coru, a Mexican online financial advisory start-up whose parent company was incorporated in London.
The companies are controlled by Mr. Thiel and Mr. Danzeisen, his husband, is one of Coru’s largest owners, company records show. The two former investors said the startup needed more capital by the end of 2020, but its investors could not reach an agreement to put more money in. The company goes into administration, which is equivalent to bankruptcy.
Around that time, Mr. Thiel, Mr. Danzeisen and several other Coru investors set up a company in Malta called EUM Holdings Melite Ltd., Maltese records show. According to British filings, that company bought back Coru’s stock when it was no longer under management for about $100,000. The filings do not detail EUM’s business activities.
Now Coru is owned by EUM. Its shareholders include Mr. Thiel, Mr. Danzeisen, Richard Li – son of Hong Kong’s richest man, Li Ka-shing – and a group with a former Nicaraguan government official and a Spanish family who did. rich by selling porcelain figurines Lladró.
Mr. Thiel began exploring Maltese citizenship around that time, said people familiar with the process. By the end of 2021, documents show, he had come a long way in the application process and retained a body dedicated to providing inquiries from the Maltese government about his businesses and political activities.
Questions include Mr. Thiel’s role with Palantir Technologiesa data analytics firm he founded that works with governments and corporations, as well as pro-Trump politics.
